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Spanish Explorers

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which explorer sailed the ocean blue in 1492?

a)

Pineda

b)

Cabeza de Vaca

c)

Coronado

d)

Columbus

2.

What are the 3 G's of exploration

a)

Guts Glory Gold

b)

Glory God and Good

c)

Gold Glory God

d)

Gold Gold and more Gold

3.

The first explorer to map the coast line of Texas

a)

Cabeza de Vaca

b)

Sieur de La Salle

c)

Columbus

d)

Pineda

4.

First explorer to explore the interior portion of Texas

a)

Cabeza de Vaca

b)

Cortes

c)

Chris Columbus

d)

King George

5.

Coronado was sent to search for what?

a)

Glory

b)

Seven Cities of Gold

c)

Florida and Texas

d)

Mississippi

6.

The founder of the colony named Fort Saint Louis

a)

Pineda

b)

Coronado

c)

Sieur de LaSalle

d)

No Clue

7.

What is the war between French and Spain called?

a)

French and Spain war

b)

Chicken War

c)

the cow war

d)

Goat war

8.

The church buildings that the Spanish were setting up in Texas

a)

Ranches

b)

Presidios

c)

Mission

d)

Towns

9.

What did the Peublo Revolt do?

a)

drove Spanish out of New Mexico

b)

Created a revolt

c)

Started the Chicken War

d)

Found Gold

10.

In what year did the Spanish build the first mission in Texas

a)

1690

b)

1719

c)

1700

d)

1682

11.

Why did France want to explore Texas?

a)

God

b)

Fur trade

c)

Gold

d)

Glory

12.

First mission in East Texas was called what?

a)

Fort Saint Louis

b)

Tyler

c)

San Antonio

d)

San Fransico de los Tejas

13.

Mid point between East Texas and Rio Grande

a)

San Antonio

b)

El Paso

c)

Austin

d)

Dallas

14.

How many flags flew over Texas

a)

1

b)

9

c)

6

d)

4

15.

What year did Pineda map the coast of Texas

a)

1492

b)

1519

c)

1981

d)

2021

16.

Which explorer crashed on the coast of Galveston?

a)

Coronado

b)

LaSalle

c)

Columbus

d)

Cabeza de Vaca

17.

Alonso De Leon was sent to search for what ?

a)

French colonization

b)

Mexico

c)

Native Americans

d)

Spanish explorers

18.

What year did the Chicken war take place?

a)

1719

b)

1891

c)

1700

d)

1690